From: Kharin (kharin@kharin.com)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 10:57:16 MDT
" I have defined the term twice."
In very broad and vague terms.
"It has the antonym pro-American."
I said in common currency. One almost never hears the term 'pro-American' being awarded, merely the converse as a slur.
"If one is routinely hostile to France one might reasonably label one anti-France or Francophobe. "
One might. So why doesn't one? As far as I can tell the term is solely used as a badge of honour by the same people quite happy to use the term anti-american.
"That Kitchener or Palmerton were worried about anti-Brutishness is moot. Worries about anti-British sentiment were certainly on the minds of imperial administrators where hearts and minds were concerned in Ireland, India and Africa. "
As I mentioned, the term had a specific military context. Equally, one could use the term anti-american in a specific manner with regard to present Iraq. My point was that the term has been hopelessly diluted beyond such contexts to encompass almost anything.
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